WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2025-12714 Deferred

Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings: A security weakness

Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is <= 1.0.271.

CVE / CNA score 5.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings
Plugin slug
seo-by-rank-math
Affected
<= 1.0.271
Safe version
> 1.0.271
Published
May 29, 2026
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published May 29, 2026 and is one of 17 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings to a release after 1.0.271, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the update_site_editor_homepage function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.271. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify several plugin settings including homepage title, meta description, breadcrumbs label, and social media metadata, which can have severe impact on SEO rankings and display malicious content across all site pages where breadcrumbs are used.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources